# Would this work as a "Weird Earl"?

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**Created:** [July 12, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-work-as-a-weird-earl/628038 "2012-07-12T18:46:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Simple\_Linctus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-work-as-a-weird-earl/628038/1 "2012-07-12T18:46:32Z")

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I found today the BBC news site as it was in 1997 (you don’t want to know how - let’s just say I was looking for info on Dennis Healey!)

It’s frozen in time a couple of days after Mother Theresa and Princess Di died. You can see it at [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/)

Any good?

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-work-as-a-weird-earl/628038/2 "2012-07-12T18:49:35Z")

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> [@Confused dart cum](#):
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> I found today the BBC news site as it was in 1997 (you don’t want to know how - let’s just say I was looking for info on Dennis Healey!)
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> It’s frozen in time a couple of days after Mother Theresa and Princess Di died. You can see it at [BBC Politics 97](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/)
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> Any good?

Thousands of old sites are available(see Wayback Machine). What makes this one weird?

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**Author:** ![Simple\_Linctus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-work-as-a-weird-earl/628038/3 "2012-07-12T18:53:43Z")

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It’s just very peculiar to look at this stuff fifteen years later. EG about whether Britain should join the Euro (the pro V cons article is worth reading) or to see the hysteria about Diana even as reported by BBC.

I don’t know much about “Weird Earls” tbh as I am just responding to a sticky I saw. **If** the consensus is, after a few more have weighed in, that this is entirely unsuitable please would someone move this thread to MPSIMS?

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**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-work-as-a-weird-earl/628038/4 "2012-07-13T09:03:41Z")

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You know, that site looks very, very good for 1997. I have seen far worse in 2012 than that thing.

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**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-work-as-a-weird-earl/628038/5 "2012-07-13T09:24:02Z")

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[This](http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/) would be my nomination for Weird Earl’s.